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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03
Enjoy Life.

What truly beautiful world we live in!
Nature gives us grandeur of mountains,
glens and oceans, and thousands of means
OF enjoyment. We can desire no better
when in perfect health, but how often do
the majority of people feel like giving up
disheartened, discouraged and worn out
with disease, when there is no occasion for
this feeling as every sufferer can easily OBJ
tain satisfactory proof, that Green's Auqust
FY0wer, will make them free from disease as
when born. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
are the direct causes of seyenty-fiye per
cent of such maladies as Biliousness, Indi-
gestion, Sick Headache, Costiveness, Ner-
yous Prostration, Dizziness of the Head,
Palpitation of the Heart, and other dis
tressing symptoms. Three doses of Aug,ls
Flower will prove its wonderful effect.
Sample bottles 10 cents. Try it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03

organization political at least to thai
degree. But men and women need
social intercourse. Formerly the farm
er suffered greatly from lack of socia
enjoyment. The Grange was the first
to supply this need, and since the or.
ganization Of that institution others of
a similar character have come into ex
istence, and the farmer has been taught
the true v4lue and pleasure of social
communion with his neighbors. But
we should not depend wholly upon So
cieties for our society. We should
esteem social intercourse of such su-
preme importance as to make an extra
effort to provide for it. In the Winter
seasons more social gatherings at each
others houses would be very profitable
and pleasurable. But it is in the Sum-
mer that many of us neglect our social
duties most. Work is pressing. Plant
ing, sowing, cultivating, and harvesting
come in rapid succession, and what time
We can get, or think we can get from
the daily toll, we spend in the ordinary
way of rest, forgetting that a good,
brisk pleasant exchange of thought
with our neighbors is always very rest
full.
Better make less and live longer and
be freer from pain. Better work a
little harder with the brain and less
W tn the hands. Man differs from a
machine in the matter of brains. The
machine works on as it is made to work
until it is worn out Its wheels must
keep right on revolving and its shafts
turning, when the power is applied,
and until the power is taken off, until
1t is worn out. 1t cannot economize its
strength and power. 1t has no brain
or will to do that. A man possesses
these, and if he will use them he can
economize iu strength and effort. He
is not made to run in groove. His
intelligence should select the easiest
methods of reaching ends, and it
should tell him when his strength is
overtaxed.
But the brain cannot work with full
power in an utterly exhausted body. 1t
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03
The Farm.
How to Make the Farm Pay.

A speaker at a recent farmers In
stitute, in his address said: Il attribute
our present low prices to seven factors
viz, l. A contracted currency; 2. Lack
of foreign demand; 8. "Dealing in
futures" 4. High freight rates; 5. Enor.
nous margins of middle men,"
6. Syndicates to control prices; 7. The
big cattle ranches who get the use of
their land for nothing and the big
wheat farms who get it for next to
nothing.
Now by united and intelligent action
the farmers Of America can, if they
will, remove or largely remove these
obstacles to remunerative prices for
their products If the nation would
manage the volume of currency in the
interests of the people instead of allow
ing the bankers to manage it in the in
terests of the money classes, we should
never have the evils of a contracted
currency on the one hand nor an ex-
panded currency on the other. 1t is
plain that IT this country had but SoU,-.
100000 in circulation with which to
buy lOO,0O0,o 900 bushels ofwheat, with
little or no foreign demand, not more
than fifty cents could be paid per bush
|el for wheat. Increase the volume Of
currency and better prices could he
paid. Increase the foreign demand and
you will have better prices still. In
proof of this, during the last few
months the volume of our circulating
medium has been increased by $50, 900.
900. Already prices have begun to ad
vance. Iron, the most sensitive market
thermometer, shows the impulse soon
est and in all its forms has ''gone up"
in price. Other things will follow.
Give us a sufficient depth and volume
of currency and the ship, Prosperity,
SO long stranded on the bar of Contrac
tion will float proudly out into the
ocean of Peace and Progress
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03

land horse, as follows:
"About the year 1927 | determined -
says he, "to try if could not have a
breed a. e. of agricultural horses) with
more activity and little or no diminu.
tion of strength, and fixed on the
Cleveland Bay. A Yorkshire friend
purchased for me Cleveland stallion
and l bought few Gloucestershire
mares as clean in the legs as l could
get them. | have no farm horses, ex-
cept two mares which | believe to be
thoroughbred Clevelands, that are not
descendants from him, and l confess
am rather proud of my teams"
"When old Cleveland was at his full
size he measured l6 hands II inches
high; SO inches around the pastern; 10
inches below the knee; 2l inches
around the arm; 15s inches around the
knee, and feet 10 inches in the girth.
When measured he was in good con-
dition. but not what you would call full
of flesh, his legs as clean as race
horse"
The advancement in public favor
which this grand breed has made in the
United States, is almost phenomenal.
Regardless of the active opposition if
the importers and breeders of rival
breeds, from the first introduction they
have had the Endorsement of all prac
tical, unprejudiced horsemen, in every
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03

been washed out it seemed impossible
to separate the wheat from the chess.
"Now," said our friend, elf the plants
are separate the roots can be separated
or traced" We undertook the task of
separating them without breaking a
fiber. One by one the fbers were dis,
entangled and over an hour was thus
spent before the tedious job was COM
pleted. In one case the chess stalks
seemed to start from Il e wheat roots
and for few minutes we were in doubt
whether at last an actual instance of
this change were not before us. 1t was
found that the neck of the chess grew
horizontally for two inches, resting
upon and concealing the wheat necR
which had also grown horizontally,
while the tibrous roots of each were so
intermingled that only the chess neck
could be seen. When such specimens
are encountered and less carefully ex.
amined, it is not to be wondered at
that there are farmers who grow angry
when they are told that wheat never
changes to chess.-Rural Neo. Yorker.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03
Destruction of Forests.

From the address of Parker Earle,
president of the American Horticult1r
al Society, delivered at the seventh
session Of the society, in Cleveland, O.,
we make the following extract depict
ing the destructive results to agricul-
ture and civilization of the devastation
Of forests of a country:
But the most important subject to
which we call the attention of the Gov
ernment is the work OF forestry. This
is the one grand question that overtops
all other questions of public economy
to-day. The rapid destruction Of the
vast forest areas Of this continent has
unbalanced the forces of nature. Our
seasons have changed their temperate
courses Destruct vo floods are follow
ed by consuming drouths. Our crops
become more uncertain. Our climate
becomes full Of extremes. The situa
ton is one that challenges the attention
of every thoughtful man, and that every
year of timber waste makes worse. The
forests Of Europe, SO far as saved at all, ,
have been largely preserved and built
up by the strong arm Of the Govern
ment. And we must look to the State
Governments and to the National Gov.
ernment for the saving and the upbuild
ing of our forest interests What wood
lands we have should be preserved by
absolute force where the Government
has the right and by all encouraging
legislation where it has no control
And by every possible measure, State
and National, should forest planting be
encouraged There are very few if any
Of the states but what have passed the
limit of safety in the work of deforesta-
ton. cannot here argue this ques-
ton at length but a single fact will il.
lustrate the imminent necessity for ac-
tion. This State of Ohio where we
meet to-day, in 1858 had "a per cent.
of its surface covered with forest. In
1884, but II per cent. of the area re.
mained in timber: Thus in single
generation two.thirds of all the forest
in existence at the beginning of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03
The Verdict unanimous.

W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind,
testities 81 can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Ev-
cry bottle sold has given relief in ev-
cry case. One man took six bottles,
and was cured of Rheumatism of six
years. standing" Abraham Hare,
druggist, Bellville, Ohio, afirms:
''The best selling medicine 1 have ev-
er handled in my 20 years. experience
is Electric Bitters.' Thousands of
others have added their testimony, so
that the verdict is unanimous that
Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of
the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only
a half dollar bottle at L. R. Kinks
Drug Store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03
Social Duties.

One of the very best features about
the. Alliance, Grange, or farmers club
is their sociability. In political and
commercial directions these associations
are excellent. In the use of the term
political we DO not have reference to its
ordinary meaning. But every farmers
society ought to be political to the ex-
tent of using it as means of better in
forming ourselves with reference to our
political duties. We sadly misuse our
opportunities if we do not make our
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03
Chess and Wheat.

A farmer, who, from a long llfe's ex
perience in raising wheat, is confident
that it sometimes changes to chess,
brought to this Office as many as six
plants which apparently were both
wheat and chess. The roots of each
plan, seemed to be those belonging to
but one plant, and they were so matted
together that even after all the soil had
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-03

1t matters not the age of sufferers from
colds, coughs, or Group, "Dr. Sellers
Cough Syrup" is good for all alike. Price
25 cents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-01
BEN WOOD.

Two or three buildings are in the course
of erection.
Basil T. Bowers, Esq, of New Martins
vile, was in town yesterday.
The building occupied by the Sisters OF
st. Joseph is being tin-rooted.
A large number OF people will attend
Maggie Nitchells performance tomorrow.
VIM. Briceland will move his chattleS
down from Martins Ferry in his boat
house.
+. 5. Mccoy, an employee of the forge
department, left yesterday for his home ut
SiStersyille.
Mr.. Josie Taylor, driver for Mr.. J. Dee
gan, was thrown out OF his wagon yester-
day morning by the seat coming untasten-
ed. lie WAS not seriously injured.
The main part Of the factory of the Ben
wood iron works will probably cease Oper-
atiOns tomorrow tor an indefinite period,
owing to the heavy stock of nails on hand.
The educational meeting at the NJ. Z.
Church Thursday evening was called to
order at : o'clock. Prof J. w. May was
elected chairman, and Mr.. W. L. Policy,
SctiCtdAls TIC NuoiA sang tAu dppAOpiAab
anthem as a prelude to the even
ing's exercise, which WAS followed
by prayer by Rev. King. Prof
May briefly stated the object Of the
meeting, and introduced County Superin-
tendent Mr.. W. Writ, who delivered an
eloquent and pithy address on the subject
of Education and Teaching" He was
followed by Hon. Josiah Sinclair, who
made some interesting and pointed re-
marks on the same subject. Singing by
NJ. +. choir. Essay, 'Our Work." Miss
Estella Martin. ESSay-''School Days"
Miss Mollie Stewart. Essay-''Intemper-
ance," Miss Flora Dalbeare Vocal duet,
Master Willie and Miss Anna Martin,
pupils of the primary department of the
public school. EsSay-"HOuse Cleaning"
Miss Alta Ford. Essay 'Neatness,"
Miss Anna M. Brown. Rev. King made a
few remarks, closing by saying that what
had been so ably said by the gentlemen
who preceded him, "Were his sentiments"
Prof. Writ, in response to call. spoke at
some length on the Art of Teaching"
The exercises were concluded by some re-
marks relative to the workings of our pub
lie school by Prof J. W. May.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-01
MARTINS FERRY.

Mr.. Russell Medill is at home from
Washington, Pa, spending short yaca-
ton.
T. Il. O'Male has removed his tailoring
establishment to the Werlich room on
Washington street.
Mrs. Jane Cox and Mrs. Charles Eoehn-
line have each purchased a new organ from
c. A. House, in Wheeling
Yesterday evening Charles Scarlet had a
narrow escape from injury. A horse
which he was riding became frightened at
train, and plunging forward, threw him
to the ground.
Frank Lutz, of Wheeling, turned out an
elegant new wagon for l.. Alderman, yes
terday. The wagon is one of the neatest
in the city, and Mr.. Alderman may well
feel proud OF it.
Policeman Geo: W. Smith announces
himself Ks an independent candidate for
constable. In politics he is Republican
and was appointed and confirmed by Re
publican Mayor and Council
Yesterday afternoon a caucus was held
in Bridgeport to place labor ticket in
the field for township officers The result
Of their deliberations is as follows: For
Trustee, Benjamin F. Powell; for Treas
urer, Allen I. Bowie; for Clerk, William
II. Humphreyille; for Assessor, William
Cook; for COnstables, John W. Stuff and
William H. Moore. In. this action they
have merely endorsed part Of the candi-
dates Of the other two parties, except
Humphreyille and Powell, who came be-
fore the Republican convention for the
same Offices to which they are now nomi-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-01
Ex-sENAToR DAVIS SPEAKS.

The Democracy of the State may read
with much profit ex-senator DAVIS letter
in this mornings REGISTER.
One important fact he would impress is
that the extra session is in duty bound to
elect a Senator. Should there be failure
then the State will be represented by but
one Senator for the next two years, and
run the risk of losing both to the Repuo-
licans then. This is condition of affairs
that the Democracy of the State and ma
ton cannot afford. Nor can Governor
Wilson or any body Of Democrats IN
the State afford to shoulder the
responsibility of such possibility. Our
State with it's resources and interests can
not afford to 90 without its share Of repre-
sensation. Even if there were doubt 1t
would be better to be on the safe side,
though Governor WILSON'S appointee and
the man chosen by the Legislature should
have q contest for the Senatorial seat ut the
next meeting of Congress. The Democrats
would in this way run no risk Of losing a
Senator rs they would by not holding an
election. ..
Then, as the duty of the Legislature IS
plain, Mr.. DAVIS says that in electing a
Senator ''the welfare of the people OF the
State, which includes the development of
it's great resources should be kept in view.
Our State has great wealth in coal, iron
and timber and these can only be rendered
valuable by a reasonable tariff to protect
those who work them, and by having rail
roads built TO get at them. They
are of very little worth with
out. Any man in the United
States Senate who is an enemy OF
these is an enemy OF the prosperity OF West
Virginia, and it is folly to send such man
there. Who, then, will best champion
West Yirginia's interests?
Another question Mr.. DAVIS brings up,
is: Shall three-fourths of the Democratic
members of the Legislature have their
choice ex-senator, or shall one-fourth select
the mani" The "Oue-fourth" have all
along seemed to think that they alone had
this right; but the voice of staunch, I'M
swerving Democracy everywhere has been
that such an opinion does not belong
to the principles and usages OF
the party that has been the
pride of JEFFERSON and JACKSON. Mr..
DAVIS words are Just TO the point. And
the members of the Legislature when they
come together should give forcible illus
tration of the Democratic truth that the
majority must rule.
Mr.. DAVIS disperses into thin air charges
that have been made against Mr.. CAMDEN
by his enemies, and speaks of his
value to our State as bust
ness man and Senator and speaks a
word in favor of his reelection. We will
not attempt the discussion OF this. We
advocated Mr.. CAMDEN's reelection some
time ago, not alone, because we considered
him the best man available and most de-
serving, but principally because he was
the choice of the large majority of the
Democrats of the State. Whatever man
the majority determine upon at the extra
session, he is the man We vii advocate, be
, he ,R9emr ,,bl,es,yPp SSy. Te have such conf
dence in the majority that we feel certain
the man they decide upon will be one who
will represent his State ably and well.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-01


EXII.ING CONTICTS TO ALASKA
The United States Government paid
over s.. 900, 900 in gold for the far of terri
tory of Alaska, and with the exception OF
It's fisheries no use has been found for 1t,
exeept As an ornament But some Of the
labor organizations are now suggesting
that this land could be utilized as n home
for eonvicts. Here, it is urged, con-
victs could by industry support themselves
and at the SAME time free the country from
the evils of the competition OF convict
labor.
Here is what q prominent Richmond
knight of Labor says:
Yes, l say cOlonize them, and there Is
no place Oh earth so suitable for their re-
eeptlon as Alaska. There the uueNplored
forests await the axe aud the strong prun'
inc arm of man. The mountains, too,
are studded with minerals. Yes, Alaska
not the cruel, blood stained Siberia oi
Russia, but a humane American asylum
for eonyiCts whose strong arms should De
made to develop this undeyelOped region
There there could be no antagonlsm oil
honest labor, no treading on each other :
feet by overcrowding; there, too, there are
millions upon millions OF square miles OIL
good agricultural lands awaiting to respond
10 the touch Of even the despised conNcts
hand.
Butifthis picture were true Alaska would
be a kind Of convict's paradise and the
number seeking passage to that TAR off re-
pion would soon be 50 great that the Gov
eminent could not furnish passage lorthenl.
Here is what another prominent Virginia
knight says:
Convict labor is detrimental to the work
ingmen of this State in any branch OF IN
dustry that COMES in competition with II.
For, instance, L. c. Taurus u Bro. have
cOtract with the Virginia State Penlten-
tiary for five Years, which will expire IN
1859. They employ eightp cOnyicts, for
whose labor they pay the State torty-two
cents per day. The State feeds, clothes
and furnishes shop room and guards for
these eonyic:s. The most disastrous et.
fects of this destructive opposition, not
competition, Il seen III lllc Cup'G ~ 's'ss'AN ~
employers of free labor to reduce the wages
of their employees to the same basis Is the
ID cents per day. The
effect ol-r > is felt throughout the whole
State, ~ a large number Of factories nave
closed down. am in favor OF the colo
nization scheme, for it will relieve honest
labor from degrading opposition.
This plan is interesting but 1t Is one
that has never proven satisfactory. Eng
land used to send thousands Of her crimi-
mails to Australia and other South Sea.lsl-
ands, but the practice has long since been
abolished. Russia still holds on the sys-
TEN with old time yigOr and thousands OF
political suspects and conriets are still
wearing their lives away in Siberia mines
and prison pens.
Alaska doesn't seem to be good for any
thing else, and cOnyicts could be gotten
rid OF there, but il would be tough on the
cOnvicts.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-01
A UCTION SALE OF
Valuable Island Lots.

The undersigned will sell at public auction, 1T
the north front door OF the Ohio County Court
House, on
SATURDAY, THEstH DAY OF APRIL, 1857.
commencing at 10 o'clock n. M, the following
described lott, viz: Lots Ms a., g. and - "a
Broadway. Lots Nos. Nj and ~ on York s,r,e,
Lots Nos ~. 100 and l0l on Virginia street Joti
Nos. l0I l05, 40 and Ill on liuren street. io,i
No IA on Water street
TERMS OF SALE--One third, or ~ much ~
the purchase money as the purchaser may desirr
W pay, In cash on day OF sale and the residue In
three equal yearly payments With interest. pay.
able yearly from the day Of sale. for which pay
ments the purchaser will give notes, secured ~
deed Of trust on the property.
mrs2eAdi W. V. HOGE a BRO, Agents
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-01
COERCION IN IRELAND.

SHAKESPEARE makes King RICHARD
ii say
Now for our Irish war. We must supplant
those rough, rug. headed Herns, which live like
venom.
And this is what Chief Secretary BAL
FOUR seems to say in his support Of the
Irish Coercion bill. The bill is all the
most radical Tory could desire. 1t pro-
poses at one fell swoop to abolish trial by
jury, the writ of habeas corpus, freedom
OF speech aud OF the press, public meetings
and every semblance of individual rights.
Ifthe measure becomes 4 law it will viz
tually make Irishmen slaves in their own
land, and the chances are good that it will
become law.
This is the SeyereSt measure for the gov
eminent of Ireland ever proposed in Brit
ish Parliament, and that is saying q good
deal. Ii seems to be beginning of the full
fillment of the dictum of Mr.. GLADSTONE
that the Irish must either rule themselves
or be ruled by English bayOnets. Justice
or civil war are tn alternatives. The
jails may be filled with Irish patriots, but
the more severe and unjust their treat
ment the more formidable will become the
hatred against their OppreSSors. This is
the forty-seyenth Coercion bill that has
been proposed since the union of Ireland
with England, and it has always happened
that the more severe the measure the
wider has become the chaSm between the
Irish and their masters.
This from the New York Heratd is a
good picture of the conditino of affairs:
True, there is trouble in Ireland, and a
great deal Of it. True, the National
League is to the last degree exasperaatiug
in some of its measures. True the land
lords are being ruined by the failure Of the
peasants to pay rent True, there are boy
colts, and true that anarchial conditions
prevail everywhere. These facts are as
plain as q pike-staff. Juries will not con-
Wet, but why? Because every man in the
Jury box is one Of the oppressed, and be-
cause he honestly believes that England's
object is not to preserve order, but to
bring ruin. Whether he is right or wrong
he believes that with all his might. He
hates the government which Iuay arrest
him at any moment; which hAs more than
once turned him and his helpless family
into the highway; which insists that he
shall pay an exOrbitant price for his
miserable holding, and when his crops
have failed or the prices in the market
have fallen and he has nothing to
buy food with, and less than moth
ing to pay rent with, sends the bailif,
backed by q detail from come military
company, to kick him out of his cabin or
20 tear the roof down over his head; and
vet that kind Of government constantly
expresses surprise that the Irishman is IN
: happy, restless, Disconnected and quarrel
-~aue. G. HENS &-is.AQ into . corner
Ea2I Marks foot like YER
'oU can save money BY buyia9ks - 80
Is aud Shoes from Jos. Haseg onno,, ,,n;s,,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-01
QU.I ), !, WORK.

probIem. Under the leadersH
GLADSTONE the discomfort w0E OF CON
passed away, and the goyemm&
not now be imprisoning Catholic pa
because they refuse to diyulge the secrets
of the confessional It is not at all inn
probable that the Grand Old Man may
again be called upon to rescue the govern
ment from It's perils. ------------ -